Chironomaptera gregaria Grabau 1923

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Alternative combinations: Mesotendipes gregaria, Samarura gregaria

Synonyms: Chironomaptera melanura Ping 1928, Mesotendipes melanura Ping 1928

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1923. Cretaceous fossils from Shantung. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of China 5:143-181

Belongs to Chironomaptera according to A. Borkent 2014

See also Grabau 1923, Hong 1982, Hong 1984, Kalugina 1980, Kalugina 1985, Kalugina 1993, Lin 1976, Lin 1980, Lin 1982, Lin 1992, Ping 1928, Wang 1980, Zhang 1986 and Zhang 1997

Sister taxa: Chironomaptera bucucunica, Chironomaptera collessi, Chironomaptera gobiensis, Chironomaptera karabonica, Chironomaptera scobloi, Chironomaptera vesca

Type specimens:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (18 collections), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (4)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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